Textbook: Moore and Bruder, Philosophy: The Power of Ideas, 9th edition ONLY McGraw-Hill, ISBN 9780078038358
For second class meeting: Bring 4x6 index cards for classwork, and turn in your work inside a flat two-pocket folder (not plastic) A. Prepare a Student Information Card.
B. First reading assignment: read for a quiz i. Read the home page of this wiki. ii. Pages 4-15 Intro, 18-31 Pre-Socratics, 32-35 and 43-46 Socrates.
C. First written assignment (typed, to be handed in inside your Portfolio Folder):
Typed assignments must be double-spaced, in Times or Ariel, 12 or 14 point.
In the upper left, type double spaced: your name, Philosophy 101, Linfield, and the date you turn it in.
Centered at the top, type the title of the assignment. For this one, type First Assignment as the title.
Type answers below continuously on the same sheet(s).
Preliminary: First, read the Home Page. Then type one question about it.
1. Read the tab on the wiki, “Philosopher Overviews” and type the names of four or five philosophers you may be interested in, and with each, explain why.
2. Type answers to questions as follows: Page 16, questions 1 and 3: Why do you desire to study philosophy? Why is the most advanced degree in any field called "doctor of philosophy" -- even math, animal husbandry and accounting? Pages 30 and 31, question 9: Can something come from nothing? Yes? No? How do you know? 3. Of Richard Robinson's 8 points about Socrates (p. 35), pick 3 that you think are most important and explain why.
See the Student Info Card tab and follow directions.
Turn in the written assignment and the Student Info Card inside your two-pocket Portfolio, with your first and last name and "Personal Philosophy Portfolio" written on its cover.
The writing on the Portfolio cover must be LEGIBLE: for example, no ball point on a dark color cover.
End of assignment for Jan 14.
For Wed Jan 21: 1. Do the Current Quiz. If you did not get a copy of the quiz in class - See the tab "Current Quiz," print it out & fill it in. Bring it to class. Don't write your name on it yet. 2. Go to the Plato's Cave tab and follow the directions to be ready for a quiz next class.
For Monday Jan 26 1. Read Plato, intro, 35-43; from The Republic, 46-53 (includes The Cave) 2. Write answers to the ten worksheet questions, adding your code name in the upper right.
For Wed Jan 28 Follow directions on the Plato's Cave tab for writing a 100-150 word profile, complete with name, of the character you'll be role-playing. Bring it with any other materials that might be helpful to work with your team in preparing for the Encounter.
For Mon Feb 2 For the Roleplay,type the following double spaced to hand in. Write in the name of your character, not as yourself! Retrolanders: write two reasons your character might think that a person should reject the Escapees, and then, two reasons it might be good to pay attention to them. Escapees: type the three best ways you, as your Escapee character, personally might use to convince a Retrolander to leave. Remember, "You" are not writing! Your Character is writing! You'll read your answers aloud to your Team. Save all your typed material to hand in when I call for your Cave portfolio. Not turning in some of these assignments would mean losing points on your grade. 2. Now, back to "You." Read the PowerPoints tab on this wiki, stopping just before Buddha. Then read Aristotle 60-68, Augustine and Hypatia, 70-81; Type answer to question, page 69 #2, on Aristotle and the Form named “horse.”
For Wed Feb 4 Retrolanders: Type up a list of questions to ask each individual Escapee. Escapees: Type up a suggested strategy sheet for converting each Retrolander.
Back to the textbook, page 81: On a separate sheet, without referring to “human nature,” explain your opinion of why Christians killed Hypatia. About the reading you were assigned on the wiki: On the same sheet as your Hypatia response, type three philosophical questions (not factual questions) based on the PowerPoints from the beginning up to Buddha.
For Wednesday Feb 11 See the Plato's Cave tab. Begin reading at the line "Post-Game Analysis" and read to the end of the page. You'll be assembling a mini-portfolio of your work on the Cave. Directions are at the end of the Cave tab. This assignment shall count for your final grade and shall also be preparation for the Mid-Term Exam.
FOR WED FEB 18: Term paper proposal due: see Wiki tab Type paragraphs on each of the below, backing up your opinions with reason. Read 81-82: Why did Europe barely qualify as a civilization from 476 to 1000? Read 83-87 and the first PowerPoint section on Aquinas: What in your opinion are the most important aspects of Aquinas? Read Rise of Modern Metaphysics, 92-95; Scientific Revolution: Which of the four ideas on page 93 do you think might today be outdated, and why? Read Descartes 96-98 and Descartes in PowerPoints: Is “I think, therefore I am” a reasonable statement? Mini-Exam 1 shall be on Wed. Feb 25. Watch the Reviews tab for what it shall cover.
FOR MON FEB 23 Read: Descartes 98-102 Hobbes 102-103 Spinoza 105-107 Locke & Berkeley 109-115 Also read the PowerPoints on these 5 philosophers, stopping just before Buddha. Mini-Exam 1 postponed to Wed. Feb 25 Term Project outline & sources postponed to Monday March 9
FOR WED FEB 25 Prepare for Mini-Exam 1 See Reviews for Tests and Exams tab
FOR MON MARCH 2 This is not fast reading to do a half hour before class! This reading can cause you to reflect upon your life. Devote enough time for this so you can read for awhile, then take a break, then get back to the reading. Passages to read: Hinduism, 464-467 and Buddhism, 468-472; be sure to read the boxes on Buddha on 469, and on Buddhism and the West on 472. (Save the box on 470-471 on Islamic philosophy for later) Read the PowerPoints on Buddha and related issues stopping before the Moral Philosophy section. As you read, pause frequently, and make notes to use in class on questions you may have on these readings.
These questions are going to be used in class discussion.
Enjoy the pondering!
FOR WED MARCH 4 Read 124-130, Hume Read 130-133, Kant Read 133-136 Hegel Read 136-138 Schopenhauer For each section above, type three essential points. Then type an answer to question 1, page 144.
FOR MON MARCH 9 Term paper outline and sources due - see Term Paper tab for format Read Emerson tab on this wiki Suggest you also watch the first few minutes of the documentary Read 145-150, 19th & 20th century overview
FOR WED MARCH 11 Prepare for mid-term See Reviews for Tests & Exams tab on this wiki
FOR MON MARCH 23 Read 152-163, Existentialism and Psychoanalysis, and 166-169, Heidegger. No written assignment. Contemplate this:
“If you’re not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to be afraid of.”
Where have you heard this?
Is it philosophically reasonable?
HAPPY SPRING BREAK!
Please note that the Calendar on the Syllabus tab has been revised,
with dates of Mini-Exams changed.
FOR WED MARCH 25 Assignment: None J Just take a breather. Contemplate why you decided to take philosophy, and reflect on what you’ve learned, both about it and from it, that you didn’t know. Next class I’ll start answering some of the questions you’ve turned in.
FOR MON MAR 30 In the Powerpoints: After Nietzsche & Kierkegaard and before Existentialism is a section on Voltaire. Read it along with the Existentialism section for a quiz Monday. Then read in the text: 235-238, intro to moral phil Plato on The Good, 238-243 Aristotle 244-mid 245 Epicureans, Stoics 246-250 Aquinas 256-257 Hobbes & Hume 257-261 Read the PowerPoints under the heading Moral Philosophy. There you'll find comments on the above subjects, plus some information on sociopathy as an element in today's ethical landscape. Absentees: For the next Mini Exam (Wed. April 8), view the Voltaire film (30m);
Ask for it at the library desk - it'll be on my Reserve Shelf for Phil 101 starting the night of Monday March 30.
WED APR 1: Flex Day, no class
FOR MON APRIL 6
Read about liberalism, conservatism and other "isms" pp. 362-363 Read the book review handed out about the "Age of Acquiescence." Find the general conclusion that the book makes. Then find two points that the article gives to support that conclusion. Type the two points and the conclusion to hand in.
FOR WED APRIL 8
See the Reviews for Tests & Exams tab
to prepare for Mini-Exam 2.
FOR MON APRIL 13 1. Reading: Political Philosophy: Intro 287-288, Hobbes 292-296, Locke 296-301, Rousseau 301-304, US constitutional theory 304-306, Harriett Taylor 308, Hegel, Marx, anarchism 311-314, 316-319. 2. Read handout on Thomas Piketty and Karl Marx. 2. Type an answer to the question on Harriet Taylor, number 13 on page 333. Then type an answer to this question: Why, in your opinion, has Piketty's book become a best seller?
FOR WED APRIL 15 Read PowerPoints starting with the header "Chapter 11: Moral & Political Philosophy" to the end. Turn in a Progress Report for your Term Project as follows: (1) What question are you attempting to answer with your project? (2) Name three or more points you are considering and contemplating towards an answer to your question. (3) Name some issues which you still have to work on to answer your question. Type this double spaced, maximum 1 1/2 pages.
FOR MON APRIL 20 Readings and writings, Ch. 13, Philosophy & Belief in God: Intro 374-375; Anselm 376; Aquinas, middle 2 paragraphs on 378 and box on 379. Mysticism and Juliana of Norwich 382-385. Kierkegaard 397-398. Box on 399: Freud’s attack on religion. (Optional: Intelligent Design page 407 after the first 2 lines.) Type short paragraphs on (1) Juliana's idea that we can come to love God by loving our own souls, (2) Kierkegaard's objection to Aristotle. Absentees: review the wiki tab which has been renovated, Social, Political & Economic Philosophy (no assignment on this yet)
FOR WED APRIL 22 Prepare for Mini Exam 3; see Review tab.
OOPS - No Meeting Monday - Fire Evacuation! The assignment for Mon. carries over for Wednesday evening:
FOR WED APR 29 Read the "Feminist Thought" tab on the wiki Ch 14, Feminist Philosophy: readings 1. Intro, 422-bottom of 423 2. Mary Daly 403-406 The Second Wave, bottom of 424 – first part of book list; bottom of 425. Note that Simone de Beauvoir was the lifelong companion of Jean-Paul Sartre. 3. Liberal and radical feminism, bottom of 426-top of 427 4. Feminist Moral Theory, 430-top 2/3 of 434 (to “hostile dispositions”). 5. Read the PowerPoints on Ch 14, Feminism and Philosophy
FOR MON MAY 4 Postcolonial Thought Chapter 16, 518, first paragraph Africa, 520-521, first paragraph 522, 2 paragraphs on Senghor 523, Profile of Desmond Tutu 524, paragraph on Tutu The Americas, 524-525, first 2 paragraphs Iroquois Confederacy, read http://gettingtruth.blogspot.com/2007/07/iroquois-influenced-united-states.html 527, Liberation Theology 527-528, Dr. King, one paragraph plus Profile 530, Cornel West, Profile plus paragraph Read the Powerpoints on the issues above, labeled "Postcolonial Thought" And then -- Select one issue from all of the readings above – an issue that you think the whole world should know about. Then type a paragraph about it.
FOR WED MAY 6 1. Take-Home Mini-Exam: Type Mini-Exam 4 to hand in. It's on the "Current Quiz" tab. 2. Readings in Eastern thought: Hinduism 464-467 Islam 470-471 Taoism 472-477 Satyagraha and Gandhi, 534, Profile and 2 paragraphs on 534 and 535 Metaphysics and Tagore, Profile on 535 and 2 paragraphs on 535 and 536
FOR MON MAY 11 Soft deadline for Term paper Read wiki tab on Joseph Campbell and mythology. Then read PowerPoints notes on Campbell. Optional: If you are one of those in class who has a Fundamental Life Project of the sort that Sartre wrote about, see if you can relate it to Campbell''s "Be Your Own Hero" teaching and write a double spaced page about it. Turn it in on Monday. At the top, type one of these three: "Yes, you may read this to the class, and you may give my name." Or "Yes, you may read this to the class, but do not give my name." Or "I would like this to be confidential, for your eyes only."
FOR WED MAY 13 No new assignment. :-) You may turn in your term paper today and receive it back at the exam Amnesty: I'll accept past assignments today that you may have not turned in. That includes the optional "Fundamental Life Project" assignment.
Final Exam Monday May 18
in the classroom, 5:00 - 6:20.
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Moore and Bruder, Philosophy: The Power of Ideas, 9th edition ONLY
McGraw-Hill, ISBN 9780078038358
For second class meeting:
Bring 4x6 index cards for classwork, and turn in your work inside a flat two-pocket folder (not plastic)
A. Prepare a Student Information Card.
B. First reading assignment: read for a quiz
i. Read the home page of this wiki.
ii. Pages 4-15 Intro, 18-31 Pre-Socratics, 32-35 and 43-46 Socrates.
C. First written assignment (typed, to be handed in inside your Portfolio Folder):
Typed assignments must be double-spaced, in Times or Ariel, 12 or 14 point.
In the upper left, type double spaced: your name, Philosophy 101, Linfield, and the date you turn it in.
Centered at the top, type the title of the assignment. For this one, type First Assignment as the title.
Type answers below continuously on the same sheet(s).
Preliminary: First, read the Home Page. Then type one question about it.
1. Read the tab on the wiki, “Philosopher Overviews” and type the names of four or five philosophers you may be interested in, and with each, explain why.
2. Type answers to questions as follows:
Page 16, questions 1 and 3:
Why do you desire to study philosophy?
Why is the most advanced degree in any field called "doctor of philosophy" -- even math, animal husbandry and accounting?
Pages 30 and 31, question 9:
Can something come from nothing? Yes? No? How do you know?
3. Of Richard Robinson's 8 points about Socrates (p. 35), pick 3 that you think are most important and explain why.
See the Student Info Card tab and follow directions.
Turn in the written assignment and the Student Info Card inside your two-pocket Portfolio, with your first and last name and "Personal Philosophy Portfolio" written on its cover.
The writing on the Portfolio cover must be LEGIBLE: for example, no ball point on a dark color cover.
End of assignment for Jan 14.
For Wed Jan 21:
1. Do the Current Quiz.
If you did not get a copy of the quiz in class -
See the tab "Current Quiz," print it out & fill it in.
Bring it to class.
Don't write your name on it yet.
2. Go to the Plato's Cave tab and follow the directions to be ready for a quiz next class.
For Monday Jan 26
1. Read Plato, intro, 35-43; from The Republic, 46-53 (includes The Cave)
2. Write answers to the ten worksheet questions, adding your code name in the upper right.
For Wed Jan 28
Follow directions on the Plato's Cave tab for writing a 100-150 word profile, complete with name, of the character you'll be role-playing.
Bring it with any other materials that might be helpful to work with your team in preparing for the Encounter.
For Mon Feb 2
For the Roleplay, type the following double spaced to hand in. Write in the name of your character, not as yourself!
Retrolanders: write two reasons your character might think that a person should reject the Escapees, and then, two reasons it might be good to pay attention to them.
Escapees: type the three best ways you, as your Escapee character, personally might use to convince a Retrolander to leave.
Remember, "You" are not writing! Your Character is writing! You'll read your answers aloud to your Team.
Save all your typed material to hand in when I call for your Cave portfolio. Not turning in some of these assignments would mean losing points on your grade.
2. Now, back to "You." Read the PowerPoints tab on this wiki, stopping just before Buddha. Then read Aristotle 60-68, Augustine and Hypatia, 70-81; Type answer to question, page 69 #2, on Aristotle and the Form named “horse.”
For Wed Feb 4
Retrolanders: Type up a list of questions to ask each individual Escapee.
Escapees: Type up a suggested strategy sheet for converting each Retrolander.
Back to the textbook, page 81: On a separate sheet, without referring to “human nature,” explain your opinion of why Christians killed Hypatia.
About the reading you were assigned on the wiki: On the same sheet as your Hypatia response, type three philosophical questions (not factual questions) based on the PowerPoints from the beginning up to Buddha.
For Wednesday Feb 11
See the Plato's Cave tab. Begin reading at the line "Post-Game Analysis" and read to the end of the page.
You'll be assembling a mini-portfolio of your work on the Cave. Directions are at the end of the Cave tab.
This assignment shall count for your final grade and shall also be preparation for the Mid-Term Exam.
FOR WED FEB 18:
Term paper proposal due: see Wiki tab
Type paragraphs on each of the below, backing up your opinions with reason.
Read 81-82: Why did Europe barely qualify as a civilization from 476 to 1000?
Read 83-87 and the first PowerPoint section on Aquinas: What in your opinion are the most important aspects of Aquinas?
Read Rise of Modern Metaphysics, 92-95; Scientific Revolution: Which of the four ideas on page 93 do you think might today be outdated, and why?
Read Descartes 96-98 and Descartes in PowerPoints: Is “I think, therefore I am” a reasonable statement?
Mini-Exam 1 shall be on Wed. Feb 25. Watch the Reviews tab for what it shall cover.
FOR MON FEB 23
Read:
Descartes 98-102
Hobbes 102-103
Spinoza 105-107
Locke & Berkeley 109-115
Also read the PowerPoints on these 5 philosophers, stopping just before Buddha.
Mini-Exam 1 postponed to Wed. Feb 25
Term Project outline & sources postponed to Monday March 9
FOR WED FEB 25
Prepare for Mini-Exam 1
See Reviews for Tests and Exams tab
FOR MON MARCH 2
This is not fast reading to do a half hour before class!
This reading can cause you to reflect upon your life.
Devote enough time for this so you can read for awhile,
then take a break, then get back to the reading.
Passages to read: Hinduism, 464-467 and Buddhism, 468-472;
be sure to read the boxes on Buddha on 469, and on Buddhism and the West on 472.
(Save the box on 470-471 on Islamic philosophy for later)
Read the PowerPoints on Buddha and related issues
stopping before the Moral Philosophy section.
As you read, pause frequently, and make notes to use in class
on questions you may have on these readings.
These questions are going to be used in class discussion.
Enjoy the pondering!
FOR WED MARCH 4
Read 124-130, Hume
Read 130-133, Kant
Read 133-136 Hegel
Read 136-138 Schopenhauer
For each section above, type three essential points.
Then type an answer to question 1, page 144.
FOR MON MARCH 9
Term paper outline and sources due - see Term Paper tab for format
Read Emerson tab on this wiki
Suggest you also watch the first few minutes of the documentary
Read 145-150, 19th & 20th century overview
FOR WED MARCH 11
Prepare for mid-term
See Reviews for Tests & Exams tab on this wiki
FOR MON MARCH 23
Read 152-163, Existentialism and Psychoanalysis, and 166-169, Heidegger.
No written assignment.
Contemplate this:
“If you’re not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to be afraid of.”
Where have you heard this?
Is it philosophically reasonable?
HAPPY SPRING BREAK!
Please note that the Calendar on the Syllabus tab has been revised,
with dates of Mini-Exams changed.
FOR WED MARCH 25
Assignment: None J Just take a breather.
Contemplate why you decided to take philosophy,
and reflect on what you’ve learned, both about it and from it, that you didn’t know.
Next class I’ll start answering some of the questions you’ve turned in.
FOR MON MAR 30
In the Powerpoints: After Nietzsche & Kierkegaard and before Existentialism is a section on Voltaire.
Read it along with the Existentialism section for a quiz Monday.
Then read in the text: 235-238, intro to moral phil
Plato on The Good, 238-243
Aristotle 244-mid 245
Epicureans, Stoics 246-250
Aquinas 256-257
Hobbes & Hume 257-261
Read the PowerPoints under the heading Moral Philosophy.
There you'll find comments on the above subjects,
plus some information on sociopathy as an element in today's ethical landscape.
Absentees: For the next Mini Exam (Wed. April 8), view the Voltaire film (30m);
Ask for it at the library desk - it'll be on my Reserve Shelf for Phil 101 starting the night of Monday March 30.
WED APR 1: Flex Day, no class
FOR MON APRIL 6
Read about liberalism, conservatism and other "isms" pp. 362-363
Read the book review handed out about the "Age of Acquiescence."
Find the general conclusion that the book makes.
Then find two points that the article gives to support that conclusion.
Type the two points and the conclusion to hand in.
FOR WED APRIL 8
See the Reviews for Tests & Exams tab
to prepare for Mini-Exam 2.
FOR MON APRIL 13
1. Reading: Political Philosophy: Intro 287-288, Hobbes 292-296, Locke 296-301,
Rousseau 301-304, US constitutional theory 304-306, Harriett Taylor 308,
Hegel, Marx, anarchism 311-314, 316-319.
2. Read handout on Thomas Piketty and Karl Marx.
2. Type an answer to the question on Harriet Taylor, number 13 on page 333.
Then type an answer to this question: Why, in your opinion, has Piketty's book become a best seller?
FOR WED APRIL 15
Read PowerPoints starting with the header "Chapter 11: Moral & Political Philosophy" to the end.
Turn in a Progress Report for your Term Project as follows:
(1) What question are you attempting to answer with your project?
(2) Name three or more points you are considering and contemplating towards an answer to your question.
(3) Name some issues which you still have to work on to answer your question.
Type this double spaced, maximum 1 1/2 pages.
FOR MON APRIL 20
Readings and writings, Ch. 13, Philosophy & Belief in God:
Intro 374-375; Anselm 376; Aquinas, middle 2 paragraphs on 378 and box on 379.
Mysticism and Juliana of Norwich 382-385.
Kierkegaard 397-398.
Box on 399: Freud’s attack on religion.
(Optional: Intelligent Design page 407 after the first 2 lines.)
Type short paragraphs on (1) Juliana's idea that we can come to love God by loving our own souls,
(2) Kierkegaard's objection to Aristotle.
Absentees: review the wiki tab which has been renovated,
Social, Political & Economic Philosophy (no assignment on this yet)
FOR WED APRIL 22
Prepare for Mini Exam 3; see Review tab.
OOPS - No Meeting Monday - Fire Evacuation!
The assignment for Mon. carries over for Wednesday evening:
FOR WED APR 29
Read the "Feminist Thought" tab on the wiki
Ch 14, Feminist Philosophy: readings
1. Intro, 422-bottom of 423
2. Mary Daly 403-406
The Second Wave, bottom of 424 – first part of book list; bottom of 425.
Note that Simone de Beauvoir was the lifelong companion of Jean-Paul Sartre.
3. Liberal and radical feminism, bottom of 426-top of 427
4. Feminist Moral Theory, 430-top 2/3 of 434 (to “hostile dispositions”).
5. Read the PowerPoints on Ch 14, Feminism and Philosophy
FOR MON MAY 4
Postcolonial Thought
Chapter 16, 518, first paragraph
Africa, 520-521, first paragraph
522, 2 paragraphs on Senghor
523, Profile of Desmond Tutu
524, paragraph on Tutu
The Americas, 524-525, first 2 paragraphs
Iroquois Confederacy, read http://gettingtruth.blogspot.com/2007/07/iroquois-influenced-united-states.html
527, Liberation Theology
527-528, Dr. King, one paragraph plus Profile
530, Cornel West, Profile plus paragraph
Read the Powerpoints on the issues above, labeled "Postcolonial Thought"
And then -- Select one issue from all of the readings above – an issue that you think the whole world should know about. Then type a paragraph about it.
FOR WED MAY 6
1. Take-Home Mini-Exam:
Type Mini-Exam 4 to hand in. It's on the "Current Quiz" tab.
2. Readings in Eastern thought:
Hinduism 464-467
Islam 470-471
Taoism 472-477
Satyagraha and Gandhi, 534, Profile and 2 paragraphs on 534 and 535
Metaphysics and Tagore, Profile on 535 and 2 paragraphs on 535 and 536
FOR MON MAY 11
Soft deadline for Term paper
Read wiki tab on Joseph Campbell and mythology.
Then read PowerPoints notes on Campbell.
Optional:
If you are one of those in class who has a Fundamental Life Project of the sort that Sartre wrote about,
see if you can relate it to Campbell''s "Be Your Own Hero" teaching
and write a double spaced page about it.
Turn it in on Monday.
At the top, type one of these three:
"Yes, you may read this to the class, and you may give my name."
Or
"Yes, you may read this to the class, but do not give my name."
Or
"I would like this to be confidential, for your eyes only."
FOR WED MAY 13
No new assignment. :-)
You may turn in your term paper today and receive it back at the exam
Amnesty: I'll accept past assignments today that you may have not turned in.
That includes the optional "Fundamental Life Project" assignment.
Final Exam Monday May 18
in the classroom, 5:00 - 6:20.
(Ignore "Add Discussion" below; that feature is not enabled.)